Characterization of enteroaggregative Escherichia coli strains isolated from children with acute diarrhea, in Mendoza, Argentina.
Rev. argent. microbiol
; 34(3): 167-70, 2002 Jul-Sep.
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ABSTRACT
Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli (EAEC) is an increasingly recognized cause of diarrhea in children in developing and developed countries. EAEC is recognized by a characteristic aggregative pattern of adherence to human epithelial (HEp-2) cells cultured in vitro. This is the gold standard assay. The aggregative phenotype is associated with the presence of a 65 MDa plasmid (pAA) that also encodes several other putative virulence factors, such as the aggregative adherence fimbria I (AAF/I) and the enteroaggregative heat-stable enterotoxin (EAST1). The objective of this work was to evaluate the application of PCR (polymerase chain reaction) to identify EAEC strains in cases of acute diarrhea. A total of 87 E. coli strains, isolated from patients under 2 years of age with acute diarrhea in Mendoza, Argentina, were characterized by the reference method (HEp-2 assay), and by AAF/I- and EAST1-PCR. PCR sensitivity and specificity in comparison with the cell culture assay showed 94.4
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Banco de datos:
BINACIS
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
País como asunto:
America do sul
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Argentina
Idioma:
En
Año:
2002
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Article